Heat deflector



` May 15, 1923. n 1,455,417

F. E. WHITE HEAT DEFLECTOR Filed Jan; 1v. 1922 fifi/M Patented May 15, l923 t 135,417 PATENT OFFICE.

FRED ERNEST WHITE1 OF GARDNER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOE TO. THE CENTRAL OIL & GAS STOVE COMPANY, OF GARDNER, MASSACHUSETTS, CORPORATION 0]?.l

MASSACHUSETTS.

HEAT DEFLECT 0R.

. Application :filed January 17, 1922. Serial No.v 529,959. y

To all whomz't may concern.' f

Be it known that I, FRED E. VVHirn, acitizen of the United States, and resident of Gardner, in the county of lWi/orcester and State of'Massachusetts, have inv .fl vrtain new and useful Improvements iii Heat Deiectors, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to ovens of the type used for cooking p'urposes and more particularly to such ovens having the heated air entering at the bottom thereof.

The principal object of my invention is to provide defiecting means for said heated air at the entrance to the oven, whereby fi coniplete circulation takes place within the oven and an eventemperature obtains in allvparts thereof. y

Another object of this invention is to provide a detlector of the type described.-

with proper construction and of suflicientv body so as to arrest and pioperly distribute the heat throughout the oven, thereby restricting the direct upward radiation from the burner. In case of previous distributors,

it hasbeen found that `unless suflicient in- 'sulation is lprovided in this member, heat passes too readily to the ing utensils.

Still another object of my invention is to provide a device of such a shape that itwill bottom of the coo-lrw be well braced throughout to prevent warping due to continued heating, and which may be readily inserted or removed from an oven of the above type.

l/V ith these and other objects in view my invention consists in a device having a dead air space between the entrance ot the heated air to the upper portion of the oven, of such a shape that the heated air striking the lower surface of the deflector will circulate" freely to allparts of the oven, said device having attached means for readilysupport-l ing it within the oven.

These and other objects secure by the use of the construction, arrangement, and combination of parts more fully hereinafter described, and with reference to the accom-r` panying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective of a preferred form of device;

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view; Fig. 3 is a view of an oven showingthis device in use.

Referring now more particularly to these drawings, which are merely illustrative of a satisfactory form of. device and to which I do not wish to be limited, as various changes and modifications will'occur Yto those skilled in this art, the device is shown to consist of a body portion 1` being substantially-V-shape.

having end pieces 2 secured thereto and a v top vportion 3A enclosing the edges of the n body portion l and the lappedends of the end pieces 2. A lining'of asbestost may be arranged within the device to more'r fully" insulate thenair spacev enclosed within the parts.` Perforations may be provided in thev device where the joints between the ends,

body and top 4are of such anat-ure that upon heating the trapped air within the container would 'expand with disruptive force. i Hook shaped parts 6 may be provided, shown in` tegralwith the top portion 3 for conven ience of manufacture, which are adapted to engage the supporting racks or like members designed to receive the removable shelves on I the oven. y

It will now be seen that .the dead air space in connection with the lining of asv bestes -will entirely insulate the top portion. and the sloping 'faces vof the .bottom portion will deflect the heat in acontinuous cir. culation throughout the oven, giving an `even distributionr of temperature withthe obvious beneficial results.

lf desired, the entire device may be enameled, oxidized, or treated in any suitable manner to'prevent rust, or to tive appearance t0 the whole.

TWhat I claim is: l l. In combination,` an oven chamber havshaped 'member'at each end thereof. said de-` vice being adapted to be vremovably Supported in theoven by said hooleshaped member.

ture.

give an attrae' In testimony whereof,`I affir my signa-,

FRED nnivns'r WHITE.

. ing a heated air entrance, a deflector for said i 

